Assessing drying shrinkage and water permeability of reactive powder concrete produced in Hong Kong

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-89

  Tam, C M ^a   Tam, Vivian W Y ^b   Ng, K M ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drying shrinkage; Durability; Hong Kong; Reactive powder concrete; Water permeability

Indexed keywords

COARSE AGGREGATES; CONCRETE MIXTURE; CRUSHED QUARTZ; DRYING SHRINKAGES; FINE POWDERS; HONG-KONG; QUARTZ SAND; REACTIVE POWDER CONCRETE; SUPERPLASTICIZERS; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER-TO-BINDER RATIO;

DRYING; DURABILITY; QUARTZ; SHRINKAGE;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

EID: 80052883724     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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